See also

Family of Walter George Lamb and Phyllis Ruby Smith

  • Husband:

  • Walter George Lamb (1918-2010)

  • Wife:

  • Phyllis Ruby Smith (1918-1963)

  • Marriage:

  • Q3 1939

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England1

Husband: Walter George Lamb

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Walter George Lamb

  • Name:

  • Walter George Lamb2 3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Wally

  • Father:

  • George Lamb (1862-1943)

  • Mother:

  • Isabel Beatrice Eliza Overett (1887-1960)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • iron cores baker5

  • Birth:

  • 31 Mar 1918

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England3 6 7 5 8

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 3 yrs 3 mns)

  • 28 Gibson Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his widowed father George, his mother Beatrice Overett, and half-brother Henry. Born in Ipswich

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 21)

  • 48 Cullingham Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • a married iron cores baker (heavy worker) living with his wife Phyllis. Born on 31st March 1918

  • Military Service:

  • frm 12 Dec 1939 to 20 May 1946 (age 21-28)

  • British Army Royal Artillery (Med) 67th Med 231 battery as a gunner no:9565849 8

  • Prisoner of War:

  • 21 Jun 1942 (age 24)

  • Torbruk, Lybia8

  •  

  • and was held in Germany until 1945

  • Death:

  • Q1 2010 (age 91-92)

  • Leicester, Leicestershire, England6 4

Wife: Phyllis Ruby Smith

  • Name:

  • Phyllis Ruby Smith10 1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • 4 Jan 1918

  • Woodbridge "Registration District", Suffolk, England10 5

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 21)

  • 48 Cullingham Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Walter. Born on 4th January 1918

  • Death:

  • Q4 1963 (age 45)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England11 12

  •  

  • Cause: of diabetes

Note on Wife: Phyllis Ruby Smith

Unsure about Phyllis's 1921 census entry as there a few possibilities, need to know who her parents were

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1939 quarter:3 volume:4a page:5159. Cit. Date: 6 May 2019.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1918 quarter:2 volume:4a page:471. Cit. Date: 15 August 2017.

3.

Ibid. Ipswich 1918 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1471. Cit. Date: 15 August 2017.

4.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Leicester 2010 quarter:1 district:6001H register:1H004 entry:502825195. Cit. Date: 3 October 2023.

5.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6601E page:5 line:34 letter code:TVBE. Cit. Date: 6 May 2019.

6.

Ancestry Family Trees, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Cottam Lambs by DeborahCottam. Cit. Date: 6 May 2019.

7.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9449 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:26 schedule:349. Cit. Date: 30 September 2023.

8.

Ancestry UK and Allied Countries, World War II Liberated Prisoner of War Questionnaires, 1945-1946, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). service no:956584. Cit. Date: 3 October 2023.

9.

FindMyPast Royal Artillery attestations 1883-1942 Transcription, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). page:59 no:956587. Cit. Date: 3 October 2023.

10.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge 1918 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1457. Cit. Date: 3 October 2023.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1963 quarter:4 volume:4b page:839. Cit. Date: 6 May 2019.

12.

Jayne Bond nee Overett personal communication. email dated 1st October 2023. Cit. Date: 3 October 2023.